Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth's surface, earthquakes are recognized (25) _______ vibration, shaking and sometimes displacement of the ground. The vibrations may vary in (26) _______. They are caused mostly by slippage within geological faults, but also by other events such as volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear tests. The underground point of (27) _____ of the earthquake is called the focus. The point directly above the focus on the surface is called the epicenter. Earthquakes by themselves rarely kill people or wildlife. It is usually the secondary events (28) _______ they trigger, such as building collapse, fires, tsunamis (seismic sea waves) and volcanoes, that are actually the human disaster. Many of these could possibly be avoided by better construction, safety systems, early warning and (29) _______ planning.
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My mother told me to ________ for an electrician when her fan was out of order.
Even children who are ______ keen on a particular occupation often know little about it.
My brother together with my parents________ going to meet my relatives at the airport this afternoon.
If I had attended the party last night, I ________ able to go to work today.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
You mustn’t have seen Linda, for she has left for Australia for almost 2 months.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
What does the passage say about durable products in the conclusion?
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The press puts ________ on the police forces who were unable to cope with the crowd of savage hooligans.
Her parents insisted that she ________ until she ________ her degree.
It was the invention of the assembly line instead than the increase in the average pay of workers that allowed automobiles to be purchased by so many in the early years of the twentieth century.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
The jeans are over there. I told you about them last week.
The word “penetrate” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.
